State v. Galloway’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A statement is not involuntary simply because a defendant was tired . . . the condition must have made the defendant seem confused, unable to understand, unable to remember what had occurred, or otherwise unable to knowingly and voluntarily waive the right to remain silent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Garrett

2. “The concept of a public trial implies that doors of the courtroom be kept open and that the public, or such portion thereof as may be conveniently accommodated, be admitted, subject to the right of the court to exclude objectionable characters.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pepper

3. “(1) The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. McNabb